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1、SouthernLiteratureI.TheSouthII.SouthernRenaissanceIII.The“LostCause”YearsIV.MajorThemesV.CharacteristicsVI.MajorWritersI.TheSouthTheareaknownastheSouthhasbeendescribedasstretchingfromtheGulfCoaststatesthroughTennessee,Kentucky,andtheCarolinastoVirginiaandMaryland.II.SouthernRenaissancet
2、hereinvigorationofAmericanSouthernliteraturethatbeganinthe1920sand1930sIII.The“LostCause”YearsPriortothisrenaissance,Southernwriterstendedtofocusonhistoricalromancesaboutthe“LostCause”oftheSouth’sCivilWardefeatthe“idyllicculture”thatexistedbeforethewar(knownastheAntebellumSouth)TheSouth
3、losttheCivilWarsufferedaharshoccupation(Reconstruction)ThesewritersidealizedthedefeatedSouthitslostcultureIn1884,MarkTwainpublishedTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnarguablythemostinfluentialsouthernnovelofthe19thcenturyIV.MajorFeaturestwistedpessimisticviolentdistortedgothicV.focusestheimp
4、ortanceoffamilysenseofcommunityimportanceofreligionimportanceoftimeandplaceexplorationofthepastsenseofhumanlimitation(moraldilemma)useofsouthernvoiceanddialectVI.SouthernMyths–guilt,failure,poverty1.Chevalierheritage2.Agrarianvirtue3.Plantationaristocracy4.Lostcause5.Whitesupremacy6.Pur
5、ityofwomanhoodVII.Threemajorthemes1)burdenofhistory2)conservativeculture3)racialissuesVIII.MajorSouthWritersKateChopin,凯特·肖邦,1851-1904EllenGlasgow,格拉斯哥,1873-1945KatherineAnnePorter,安·波特,1890-1980WilliamFaulkner,福克纳,1897-1962AllenTate,艾伦·泰特,1899-1979MargaretMitchell(1900-1949)Gonewiththe
6、WindErskineCaldwell(1903-1987):TobaccoRoadEudoraWelty(1904-2001)RobertPennWarren(1905-1989)LillianHellman(1905-1984)RichardWright(1908-1960):NativeSon,《土生子》TennesseeWilliams(1911-1983):AStreetcarNamedDesire《欲望号街车》CarsonMcCullers(1917-1967):TheHeartIsaLonelyHunter《心是孤独的猎人》FlanneryO'Conno
7、r(1925-1965)AGoodManisHardtoFind,《好人难寻》HarperLee(1926-)ToKillaMockingbird,《杀死一只知更鸟》AliceWalker(1944-)TheColorPurple,《紫色》AmongthewritersoftheSouthernRenaissance,WilliamFaulknerisarguablythemostinfluentialandfamous,havingwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1949.WilliamFaulkner(1897-196
